Some six weeks after losing its contract with BBC Sport, SiS, which bought BBC Outside Broadcasts in 2008, has decided to pull out of that part of its business. It is looking for a buyer, and, unless one is found, 230 jobs are at risk from March next year.
CEO Gary Smith said today "We have always sought to be competitive in our pricing, but we have never been prepared to sacrifice quality just in order to deliver a cheaper service. In view of the pricing pressure for long term contacts for customers such as the BBC we have come to the conclusion that the outside broadcast market, as it is today, no longer offers an arena in which it makes sense for us to continue to operate.”
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